Communication routing or communication path finding

HELECTRICITY H04Electric communication H04WWIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

H04W40/00Communication routing or communication path finding

H04W40/005Routing actions in the presence of nodes in sleep or doze mode H04W40/02Communication route or path selection H04W40/023Limited or focused flooding to selected areas of a network H04W40/026Route selection considering the moving speed of individual devices H04W40/04based on wireless node resources H04W40/06based on characteristics of available antennas H04W40/08based on transmission power H04W40/10based on available power or energy H04W40/12based on transmission quality or channel quality H04W40/125using a measured number of retransmissions as a link metric H04W40/14based on stability H04W40/16based on interference H04W40/18based on predicted events H04W40/20based on geographic position or location H04W40/205using topographical information H04W40/22using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point H04W40/24Connectivity information management H04W40/242aging of topology database entries H04W40/244using a network of reference devices H04W40/246Connectivity information discovery H04W40/248Connectivity information update H04W40/26for hybrid routing by combining proactive and reactive routing H04W40/28for reactive routing H04W40/30for proactive routing H04W40/32for defining a routing cluster membership H04W40/34Modification of an existing route H04W40/36due to handover H04W40/38adapting due to varying relative distances between nodes